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GLOBALIZATION, SOCIAL WELFARE, PUBLIC POLICY AND LABOR INEQUALITIES [PDF]
The Singapore Economic Review, 2004 Income inequality has increased sharply in higher income and in many lower income countries. Theories attributing this to bifurcation of labor markets in higher income countries are examined. Some theorists attribute this bifurcation primarily to technical change with influence from globalization. Others take an opposite viewpoint.
Tisdell, Clement Allan, Svizzero, Serge
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020 Background Social support is generally perceived to facilitate health in postpartum women; however, previous research shows that this is not always true.
Sadie Puddister +3 more
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Economic Value of Life in Iran: The Human Capital Approach
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2021 Background: The human life value is among the most important challenges of the health economic evaluation. This limitation has reduced the feasibility of applying the cost-benefit method in evaluations of health interventions and policies.
Mehdi BASAKHA +3 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2023 Background Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobehavioral disorder affecting children and causing significant impairment. It is not clear to what extent ADHD differs between population groups. This study aims to assess
Amal Shehadeh-Sheeny, Orna Baron-Epel
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Palliative care in Latvia: Availability and the role of the family doctor [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2019 In line with rapid population aging, palliative care is becoming increasingly important. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the satisfaction with palliative care and its availability in Latvia, as well as identify factors which have a major impact ...
Strautmane Baiba +2 more
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Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2019 The objective of this study was to examine the trends of primary and secondary syphilis in Tokyo between 2007 and 2016 using national infectious disease surveillance data. We analysed all 3269 cases reported during these 10 years.
Yoshiyuki Sugishita +3 more
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Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2022 Background Several drugs for human use possess genotoxic properties as a necessary consequence of their intended therapeutic effect (e.g. antineoplastics).
Johannes Gerding +3 more
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Social Welfare and Behavioral Public Policies [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014 In this work I discuss several key aspects of welfare economics and policy analysis and I propose two original contributions to the growing field of behavioral public policymaking. After providing a historical perspective of welfare economics and an overview of policy analysis processes in the introductory chapter, in chapter 2 I discuss a debated ...
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Associations of parental attitudes and health behaviors with children’s screen time over four years
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Parents are significantly important in shaping the screen use of children within a family system. This study aimed to examine the associations of Chinese children’s screen time (ST) over four years with parents’ attitudes toward their own ...
Qian-Wen Xie, Roujia Chen, Xudong Zhou
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Reliability and validity of a Mental Health System Responsiveness Questionnaire in Iran [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2014 Background: The Health System Responsiveness Questionnaire is an instrument designed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2000 to assess the experience of patients when interacting with the health care system.
Ameneh S. Forouzan +5 more
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